Tag: Traffic
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Are you suffering from Advanced Car Brain?
Have you ever seen people get into a huff about losing parking spaces for a bike lane? Have you ever seen people loudly complain when the speed limit is lowered on their commute? Have you ever been around when people go on and on about how terrible traffic is while they hop into their vehicle…
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Induced demand can be a good thing?!
If you are familiar with the American highway system, then induced demand should definitely be in your vocabulary. It stands for the phenomenon that happens all too often when the highway system is expanded or otherwise “improved”. The system is simple: Step 1. Highway systems are regularly widened to 8, 10, 12, 14 lanes (sometimes…
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The Personal Vehicle: What should its proper place be?
Almost every city and town in America is hyper-focused on easing the experiences of those transportation users that primarily use the personal vehicle. The focus on vehicles necessitates a massive demand for an extensive highway system. Because of this focus, other transportation methods are often marginalized to expand and maintain the existing road network. Public transportation…
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